Sekar P. R.

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P. R. Sekar
Born
Rudrapathy Sekar

Occupation(s)Actor and Voice actor
Years active1980–present
SpouseGayathri Sekar
ChildrenAkshath Tej
Vilva
ParentK. P. Rudrapathy (Father) [1] Danam Rudhrapathy (Mother)
AwardsTamil Nadu State Film Award for Best Male Dubbing Artist (for Actor Vignesh for the film Malarinum Melliya)

SekarP. R. also known as Rudrapathy Sekar is a dubbing artist in the Southern Indian film industry. He has dubbed actors in the Tamil industry including Shahrukh Khan. [2] [3] [4] He is a recipient of the Tamil Nadu State Film Award from the Government of Tamil Nadu. [5]

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Career

Sekar was born in a Tamil family. His father K. P. Rudrapathy worked under director A. P. Nagarajan. [2] Sekar started his career dubbing for child artists. He made his debut with the straight Tamil film Pavithra (1994) lending his voice to actor Ajith Kumar's character, in his second venture. His major break was with the Baahubali (franchise) lending his voice to actor Prabhas for the Amarendra Baahubali character. He also dubbed Vivek Oberoi for a film Vivegam . [3] His other major works include Kadhal Desam , Ullam Ketkumae and Payanam . He won the Tamil Nadu State Film Award for Best Male Dubbing Artist for Malarinum Melliya (2011). [5] He mainly dubs in Tamil and dubs Telugu, Hindi and English films, including the Marvel Comics Universe films Deadpool (franchise) , Ant-Man and the Wasp , X-Men: (franchise) for young Charles Xavier actor James McAvoy. He dubbed actor Ram Charan's blockbuster Telugu Film Maaveeran to Tamil voice. [4]

He dubbed a TV show in Tamil Kaun Banega Crorepati Season 2 by actor Sharukh Khan, the show telecast by Vijay TV. [2] He has acted in a few Tamil films including Kodaikanal , Yennai Arindhaal , where he played police inspector and Adanga Maru . [5]

Personal life

Sekar is married to Gayathri and has two sons- Akshath Tej and Vilva. [2]

Filmography

As actor

YearFilmRoleRef(s)
2008 Kodaikanal Nandha
2011 Payanam News reporter
2015 Yennai Arindhaal Police officer
2018 Adanga Maru Deleted scene [6]
2020 Seeru Kishore

Dubbing roles

Tamil films

YearFilmRoleActorNotesRef(s)
1994 Pavithra Ashok Ajith Kumar
Ilaignar Ani Harish
Ungal Anbu Thangachi Raja Ravindra
1996 Kadhal Desam Karthik Vineeth
Chellakannu Vignesh
1997 Nandhini Vineeth
1999 Kadhalar Dhinam Raja Kunal
Malabar Police Abbas
Monisha En Monalisa Raman Trikha
Suyamvaram Abbas
2001 Aanandham Abbas
Kanna Unnai Thedukiren Sathyan
Shahjahan Krishna
2002 Punnagai Desam Kunal,
Krishna
123 Raju Sundaram
Kadhal Virus Deepak Richard Rishi
Varushamellam Vasantham Ramesh Kunal
Pesadha Kannum Pesume VikramKunal
Kadhal Kirukkan Vineeth
Arputham Kunal
2003 Banda Paramasivam Abbas
Enakku 20 Unakku 18 Sridhar Tarun Kumar
Soori Surya Vignesh
Kurumbu Ravi Allari Naresh
2004 Super Da Kunal
Shock Abbas
2005 Sevvel Jai Akash
Ullam Ketkumae Shaam Shaam
Chinna Vikramaditya
Bambara Kannaley Gautham Vikramaditya
Vanakkam Thalaiva Abbas
2006 47A Besant Nagar Varai Abbas
Manathodu Mazhaikalam Shaam
Oru Kadhal Seiveer Santosh
2007 Nanbanin Kadhali Vikramaditya
Oru Ponnu Oru Paiyan Sandeep
2008 Nepali Prem
Malarinum Melliya Elango Vignesh Tamil Nadu State Film Award for Best Male Dubbing Artist [7]
2009 TN 07 AL 4777 Ajmal Ameer
2010 Pen Singam Uday Kiran
Kutty Sameer Dattani
2011 Payanam Major Raveendra Nagarjuna Akkineni
Kasethan Kadavulada Saran
2014 Ninaithathu Yaaro Richard Rishi
2015 Baahubali: The Beginning Amarendra Baahubali Prabhas
Vedalam Abhinay Kabir Duhan Singh
2016 Oru Melliya Kodu Shaam
2017 Baahubali 2: The Conclusion Amarendra BaahubaliPrabhas
Vivegam Aryan Singha Vivek Oberoi
2018 Sollividava Chandan Kumar
Bhaskar Oru Rascal Sanjay Aftab Shivdasani
2019 Kanchana 3 Kabir Duhan Singh

Tamil dubbed films

YearFilmRoleActorRef(s)
1995 Rangeela Munna Aamir Khan
1998 Rush Hour Lee Chris Tucker
1999 Thaalam Manav Kumar Mehta Akshaye Khanna
2001 Paapa Balaram & Krishna Venkatesh
Kaadhal Galatta Chandu Venkatesh
2004 Desam Mohan Bhargav Shah Rukh Khan
2005 Veeran Veeran/Ganesh Akkineni Nagarjuna
2007 Rush Hour 2 Lee Chris Tucker
Stalin Chinna Gopichand
Don Surya aka Suri Akkineni Nagarjuna
2008 Pudhukottai Azhagan Raja Chandra Prathap Verma/Seenu/Sharath Akkineni Nagarjuna
Bedtime Stories Skeeter Bronson Adam Sandler
2009 Maaveeran Harsha/Kala Bhairava Ram Charan
2011 Sri Rama Rajyam Lakshmana Srikanth Only for Tamil version
X-Men: First Class Charles Xavier / Professor X James McAvoy
2012 Businessman Vijay Surya aka Surya Bhai Mahesh Babu
2013 Vikramdada Siva Krishna Naga Chaitanya
Chennai Express Rahul Shah Rukh Khan Dubbed for TV
2014 X-Men: Days of Future Past Charles Xavier / Professor X James McAvoy
Happy New Year Charlie Shah Rukh Khan
2015 Ant-Man Scott Lang / Ant-Man Paul Rudd
Rudramadevi Gona Ganna Reddy Allu Arjun
Bajirao Mastani Baji Rao I Ranveer Singh
2016 The Angry Birds Movie Red Jason Sudeikis
Captain America: Civil War Scott Lang / Ant-Man Paul Rudd
Deadpool Wade Willson / Deadpool Ryan Reynolds
M. S. Dhoni: The Untold Story M. S. Dhoni Sushant Singh Rajput
X-Men: Apocalypse Charles Xavier / Professor X James McAvoy
2018 Nadigayar Thilagam Vijay Anthony Vijay Devarakonda
Ant-Man and the Wasp Scott Lang / Ant-Man Paul Rudd
K.G.F: Chapter 1 Raja Krishnappa Bairya aka Rocky Yash
En Peru Surya En Veedu India Surya Allu Arjun
Padmaavat Alauddin Khalji Ranveer Singh
Venom Carlton Drake / Riot Riz Ahmed
2019 Avengers: Endgame Scott Lang / Ant-Man Paul Rudd
The Angry Birds Movie 2 Red Jason Sudeikis
Avane Srimannarayana Inspector Narayanan Rakshit Shetty
Dark Phoenix Charles Xavier / Professor X James McAvoy
Saaho Siddhanth Nandan Saaho/Ashok Chakravarthy Prabhas lend voice only for Tamil version
Kurukshetram Duryodhana Darshan
2020 Vaikunthapuram Bantu Allu Arjun
2021 Sema Thimiru Shiva Dhruv Sarja
Pushpa: The Rise Molleti Pushpa Raj Allu Arjun
83 Kapil Dev Ranveer Singh
2022 Radhe Shyam Vikramaditya Prabhas
Acharya Siddha Ram Charan
K.G.F: Chapter 2 Raja Krishnappa Bairya aka Rocky Yash
777 Charlie Dharma/Dharmaraj Dattana Rakshit Shetty
2023 Adipurush Raghava Prabhas
Jawan Vikram Rathore & Azad Rathore IPS Shah Rukh Khan
2024 Deadpool & Wolverine Wade Wilson Ryan Reynolds
2024 Pushpa 2: The Rule Molletti Pushpa Raj Allu Arjun

Tamil dubbed TV series

YearSeriesRoleRef(s)
2007 Kaun Banega Crorepati - Season 3 Shahrukh Khan
2009 Dragon Ball Z Zordan
2011–2014 Best of Luck Nikki Avatar Singh

Dubbing Director

Sekar has also scripted for different audiences (from other languages to Tamil). He has completed over 2000 movies, and 7000 hours of content for various movies and television

shows, both animated and live action. Shekar is known for his specialty to write for historical and mythological content like Jai Veera Hanuman (Jaya TV), Shirdi Sai Baba (Vijay TV), Ramayan (Sun TV), and Mahabharat (Doordarshan).

Films for Theatre Release

YearFilmAired on
2006 The Da Vinci Code Theatre Release
2016 Ice Age: Collision Course
Ben-Hur
The Angry Birds Movie

Shows

SeriesAired on
Kaun Banega Crorepati Vijay TV
Best of Luck Nikki Disney Channel
Hairy Bikers History Channel
Mann Vasanai ( Balika Vadhu) Raj TV
The Suite Life of Karan & Kabir Disney Channel
Hong Kong Disneyland SpecialDisney Channel
Dr. Chandraprakash Dwivedi's Chanakya Jaya TV
Jai Veera Hanuman Jaya TV
Shirdi Sai BabaVijay TV
Ramayan Sun TV
Mahabharat Doordarshan
Vishnu Puran Doorsarshan
Akbar The GreatDoordarshan
Dekh Bhai Dekh Doorsarshan
VanshDoorsarshan
PadosanDoordarshan
Shaktimaan Doorsarshan
AurathDoordarshan

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